The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-07-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Ex-Governor Morill of Maine, died a
his home in Augusta, on Monday last
He was S4 years of age.
The prohibition state convention OF
Ohio has nominated full state ticket
with Morris Sharpe for governor.
Three brothers, named Moffatt, were
drowned while bathing in the Burnt river
at Finnelon Falls, Ontario, on Monday
The deaths reported to the health board
Of New York city on July 4th, numbered
216, tLc largest number for one day since
1876.
Forty employees of the, government
printing Office, principally in the binding
and folding departments, were discharged
Monday.
Matthias Splitlog of Wyandotte, Kan
sas, full blooded Wyandotte Indian, is
worth over 81 600, 900 and is the richest
Indian in the United States.
The decrease IN the public debt for
June was SIG, 100000, which makes to-
tai reduction for the fiscal year ending
June 80, of about $1O9,3O0,OO0.
During the absence from home of Mrs.
August Belder of Mt. Washington, Pa,
Saturday, three of her children were fa-
tally burned by the explosion Of a can of
oil.
W. K. Vanderbilt and family sailed
Sunday on Vanderbilt's yatch Alva for a
cruise around the world, the trip to oc-
cupy about eighteen months and will cost
$4,000 per month.
The marriage of the Emperor of China
has been officially announced, his wife
having been selected. The festivities will
cost 81 100000. Many changes are ex
pected in the imperial government.
Clarendon, Pa, was destroyed by an in
cendiary fire on the 4th. Over one hun
dred houses were consumed, causing a
loss of half million dollars. Refusal to
grant liquor license is alleged to be the
cause.
An explosion Of fireworks stored in the
cellar of six-story building in New York
city, occurred on Saturday. Two lives
were lost, fireman badly injured, and
about $4,000 worth of property des-
troyed.
During drill of sappers at the capital
of Jazygia. Hungary. on Monday, dyna-
mite cartridge exploded prematurely,
killing twenty seven men and wounding
forty y-eight others. Four of the killed
were officers.
First Sergeant Samuel NJ. Soper, was
shot and killed Tuesday by Private Thos.
N. Bateman, troop A, United States cav
airy, at Presidio barracks, near San Fran
cisco. Soper had served five years in
Montana with the Second cavalry prior
to 1881.
The Washington police have taken into
custody Benedict Krebs, crank who is
under the impression that President Cleve-
land has defrauded him out of sum of
money and who has been threatening to
kill the president with shot gun when
he attends church.
The supreme court of Missouri, in the
case of Brooks alias Maxwell, condemn
ed for the murder of Arthur Preller
and sentenced to be hanged August 18th
have overruled the motion for rehear-
ing. A reprieve was granted to August
Goth, and the defense will take appeal
to the United States supreme court.
T. S. Baldwin assembled to height of
one mile in balloon near Quincy, ILL.,,
Monday. and holding parachute
launched himself into space. The para
chute wes about eighteen feet in diane
ter. The descent was accomplished in
about three minutes and twenty seconds.
Baldwin struck the ground with some
force, but not enough to injue him.
Baldwin made similar leap in Callfor-
MIA last winter, the distance being 1000
feet.
The president on Saturday last ap-
proved the court martial which dismisses
Lieutenant Wilcox and sends HIM to the
penitentiary for two years for duplicating
paw accounts. He directs his confine-
mcnt in the Minnesota penitentiary.
Lieutenant Wilcox is of the Second cav
airy and Is now in confinement at Fort
Smelling, where he was tried. At the
time of his trial the general opinion was
that nothing more serious than sentence
of dismissal would be inflicted on ac-
count of his heretofore good character.
For the Fourth of July celebration,
Monday, Portland undertook and success
fully carried out an unprecedented feat
in the way of fire works. 1t was the H.
Elimination of the summit of Mount
Hood, the tallest snow covered peak in
Oregon, 12,72O feet high. This was done